author
W. C. Morrow
1854–1923
Best remembered for eerie, inventive short fiction, this Alabama-born writer helped shape American horror and suspense in the late 19th century. His work often blends the macabre with sharp psychological tension, and “His Unconquerable Enemy” remains his most widely anthologized story.
5 Audiobooks
Bohemian Paris of To-day Second Edition
by W. C. Morrow, Edward Cucuel
The Ape, the Idiot & Other People
by W. C. Morrow
A Man: His Mark. A Romance Second Edition
by W. C. Morrow
The Inmate Of The Dungeon 1894
by W. C. Morrow
Lentala of the South Seas: The Romantic Tale of a Lost Colony
by W. C. Morrow
About the author
William Chambers Morrow was born in Selma, Alabama, on July 7, 1854, and died in Ojai, California, on April 3, 1923. He was an American writer and journalist, now chiefly remembered for stories of horror and suspense published in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Morrow wrote novels, travel writing, and short fiction, but his reputation rests most strongly on his shorter tales, especially "His Unconquerable Enemy". Readers continue to return to his work for its unusual ideas, grim atmosphere, and calm, precise style, which can make even the strangest events feel unsettlingly believable.
Though not as famous today as some of his contemporaries, Morrow still has a place in the history of weird and macabre fiction. Collections such as The Ape, the Idiot & Other People helped preserve his work, and modern readers often discover him through anthologies of classic horror.